The

Sweden national football team The Sweden national football team ( sv, svenska fotbollslandslaget) represents Sweden in men's international football and it is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body of football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is F ...

has traditionally been a strong team in international football, with twelve World Cup appearances—collecting one silver and two bronze medals—and three medals in the

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, including one gold. Sweden played its first international game against

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in 1908 and competed in an international tournament, the

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, for the first time the same year. Since then, Sweden has regularly qualified for the World Cup and the Olympics as well as the European Championships. The best results in the World Cup are a second place (as hosts) in the

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and two third places in

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and

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. In the Olympics, Sweden has won the gold medal in

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as well as two bronze medals in

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and

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. The best result in the European Championship is a semi-final loss in

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as hosts of the tournament. Ten Swedish players are in the

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, having earned 100 or more caps. Anders Svensson is the most capped Swedish player at 148 appearances, fifth most of all European internationals.

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, with 115 caps for Sweden, was the

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for international caps when he ended his national team career in 1978. With 62 goals in 116 caps,

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is the top scorer for the national team,

Sven Rydell Sven Åke Albert Rydell (14 January 1905 – 4 April 1975) was a Swedish footballer who played as a forward. He represented Holmens IS, Örgryte IS, and Redbergslids IK during a club career that spanned between 1920 and 1934. A full international ...

in second place with 49 goals in only 43 caps and Gunnar Nordahl in third with 43 goals in only 33 caps.

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with 37 goals in fourth place shares a World Cup record for the longest period between a player's first and last goals, with 12 years as he scored in both the 1994 and

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tournaments. Three Sweden internationals have been top scorers in a major international tournament, Herbert Carlsson (not included in this list at only 20 caps) at the

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, Gunnar Nordahl at the 1948 Olympics and

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at the Euro 1992. No Swedish player has been awarded the World Cup ''Golden Boot'', but

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won the ''Silver Boot'' in 1994 with Martin Dahlin winning the ''Bronze Boot'' in the same tournament. The last award was also won by

Ralf Edström Ralf Sigvard Edström (born 7 October 1952) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as Sweden's best player in the 1970s, he started off his career with Degerfors IF in the late 1960s and went on t ...

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. Three Swedish players have been chosen for the World Cup ''All-Star Team'',

Erik Nilsson Erik Henry Sixten Nilsson (6 August 1916 – 9 September 1995) was a Swedish footballer who played as a left back. Nilsson played his youth days with Limhamns IF, before he moved in 1934 to Allsvenskan club Malmö FF, where he played until 19 ...

in 1950,

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in 1958 and Tomas Brolin in 1994. The following list of Sweden international footballers covers all

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players with 30 or more official caps for the

. The players are listed here sorted first by the total number of caps, and then by last name. Substitute appearances are included.

Key

List of players

Notes

References

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